Blood pressure is the force of blood pressing against the walls of your arteries, like the pressure of water in a garden hose. Many people have high blood pressure (also called hypertension) without knowing it. This is why it is sometimes called the “silent killer.”

Nearly 75 million adults have been diagnosed with high blood pressure, or hypertension, in the United States. That is one out of every three adults. This is why you, the patient, must be an active and involved partner in combating the illness.

When coupled with high exercise intensity, high heat and humidity can lead to decreased athletic performance, particularly for longer duration athletic events like running or cycling events, football games and, of course, World Cup soccer matches!

Earlier this week, news organizations throughout Utah reported on the death of four family members at a home in Idaho from carbon monoxide. It’s a tragic story, and unfortunately it’s a headline we hear multiple times each year. Dr Lindell Weaver, Division Chief and Medical Director of Hyperbaric Medicine at Intermountain Medical Center and LDS Hospital, offers insight into the silent killer and what to look for in a carbon monoxide alarm for your home and place of work.

So often we hear a new mother lament, “I wish my baby came with an instruction manual!” Mothers want something tangible to go to that will tell them how to care for not only their infants but also for their children as they grow into childhood -- how to interpret their cries, how to distinguish needs from wants, and how to help them eat and sleep and care for themselves, among so many other unknowns.

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